Skye Boat Song

A late 19th century song that recounts the escape from Scotland of Bonnie Prince Charlie following his failed campaign to retake the throne of the united Kingdom, the Skye Boat Song quickly became popular in its own time, and it has enjoyed even greater renown since the folk music revival of the 1960s and the rising popularity of Celtic music in the late 20th and 21st centuries. This arrangement for brass quintet and percussion explores the tune in various keys and with various harmonizations. The percussion may be performed by two players with one player on bodhran (Celtic drum) and another on triangle and suspended cymbals or by a single player covering the parts on drum set. (A part for drum set is provided as well as the separate parts for bodhran and triangle/cymbal.)